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| − | ''[[Die Selbstmörder]]'' ("The Suicide") is the German title of a 1928 play by Soviet dramatist and screenwriter [[Nikolai R. Erdman]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Erdman] (1900-1970).
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | Apparently not performed in Russia in the original, it was first performed in Göteborg, Sweden, in the German version, forty years after being written.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] from the German (''[[Die Selbstmörder]]'') by [[André P. Brink]], entitled ''[[Die Selfmoordenaar]]''.
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| − | ''[[The Suicide]]'' was first translated into English by Peter Tegel and premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, Stratford, on June 13, 1979.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1973: The first production of the play outside Europe was done by [[CAPAB]] (In [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Selfmoordenaar]]'') at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] opening 11 May 1973, directed by [[Pieter Fourie]] with [[Johan Malherbe]] as Semjon, also starring [[Sandra Kotzé]], [[Nerina Ferreira]], [[Louw Verwey]], [[Marie Pentz]], [[Schalk Jacobsz]], [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Jan Prinsloo]], [[Johann Botha]], [[Mees Xteen]], [[Joan Brink]] and [[Roberta Durrant]]. Decor by [[Raimond Schoop]], costumes by [[Jenny de Swardt]], stage manager [[Mavis Lilenstein]]. This production opened at the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] on 7 June 1973.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | ''Die Selfmoordenaar'' theatre programme, 1973.
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| − | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Suicide_(play)].
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